Ms. Dinushika Jayathissa

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | English Language Teaching Unit

Career Summary

Dinushika Jayathissa is a Lecturer in English attached to the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU), Faculty of Humanities & Sciences. She has more than 5 years of experinces in the field of tertiary level education. She serves as the Coordinator for English for Acdemic Purposes for the Faculty of Computing.

Before joining SLIIT she had worked as a;

Lecturer in English | CINEC Campus (pvt) Ltd, Malabe.
Lecturer (probationary) | Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Padukka.
Lecturer (Temporary) | Department of English Language Teaching (DELT), University of Kelaniya

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)- November 2020 – August 2024, Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka
•Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) – February 2016 – March 2020, University of Kelaniya, Dalugama, Sri Lanka
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 4 (Content and Language Integrated Learning-CLIL) - Band 3 – September 2020, British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
Certificate program in International Relations – October 2016- April 2017, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 3 (Managing the teaching and learning process) - Band 3 - April 2015 ,British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 2 (Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching) – Band 3 - April 2015, British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
General English (Pre-advanced-1)- October 2014 – December 2014, British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

3rd Place | 9th Staff Development Program

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

Test Development in ESL Context
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Curriculum Development
Professional Development of ESL Teachers
Current Trends in Teaching ESL
Learner Autonomy

Memberships

Ongoing Research

My Publications

Conference Proceedings

K Dinushika M Jayathissa A case study on care giver�s language variation in Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), year 2018, University of Kelaniya , pp.66, Faculty of Humanities, K Dinushika M Jayathissa,
K Dinushika M Jayathissa Test Development Process On Testing Students In Reading And Writing In English As A Second Language Classroom In Rathnapura Education Zone in Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019, year 2019, University of Kelaniya , pp.180, Faculty of Humanities,
K Dinushika M Jayathissa Test Development Processes Followed in Testing Learners in Writing and Reading in English as a Second Language Class- room in the Rathnapura Education Zone in 5th International Conference on the Humanities, year 2021, University of Kelaniya , pp.51, Faculty of Humanities,
K Dinushika M Jayathissa Effectiveness of Using Prepared and Impromptu Speeches to Evaluate Undergraduates� Oral Proficiency in English as a Second Language Classroom in International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities (SICASH) 2023, year 2024, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT,

Journal Publications

K Dinushika M Jayathissa " "Teachers� Perception on Current Testing Methods Used in English as a Second Language Classroom" " International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, vol.13, Issue 6, 2023, pp.262- 275, 10.29322/IJSRP.13.06.2023.p13837,